Creatine Can Be Combined With Caffeine

It is best not to combine creative and caffeine. This is the central message of a survey published by Belgian sports scientists 18 years ago [1]. And a recent Japanese study reveals why.

Imagine this: You provide 45 grams of creative a bodybuilder than 90 kg, for six days. The effect is an increase of 5% in the amount of muscle phosphorescent, making between 10 and 20% stronger. If you supply to the same builder an additional daily dose of 450 mg of caffeine, then it will not increase its strength. Belgian researchers published these results in 1996 [1].

It seems that caffeine and creative interfere with each other. But six years after the Belgian research it was revealed the results of another study conducted at the University of Luton, England. These results indicate that creative and caffeine do not affect each other [2].

If the imaginary bodybuilder from the Belgian study had participated in the British study, it would have taken 27 g of creative for 6 days. After this period the researchers have tested their strength on the treadmill, seeing how long you could stay away. On one occasion he took 450 mg of caffeine an hour before running, and another a placebo.

It was already known that creative may prolong the time someone runs, and that caffeine has the same effect. But a single dose of caffeine improve performance in athletes who've already charged their muscles with creative? This is the question the British wanted to respond, and got a "yes".